Raven

Digging back a few weeks into the Poetry Prompts on Poet’s & Writers, I’m going to spend this evening on this prompt:

“Write a poem that takes its cue from an element of Poe’s verse that you are especially drawn toward. Consider its themes of loss and devotion; the extensive use of alliteration and rhyme; the “nevermore” refrain; classical, mythological, and biblical references; the question-and-answer sequencing; the symbolism of the raven; or the forebodingly dark atmosphere.”

Care to join me, my poetic friends? I’ll be back to post my poem here after I have successfully written it. Here is a Linky if you feel like joining in!

Update: Here is my Sonnet, which is a blending of those things that caught my poetic eye from The Raven and a nod to Sonnet 130 with its reverse simile.

My lover’s voice is nothing like a ravenHe does not quote a dark and dreary wordTousled hair and face oft times unshavenNo other love could ever be preferredI have seen Adonises beholdenAnd men with wealth beyond the normal wayMy lover’s lips breathe words of honey goldenA treasured heart more green than gold can stayHe pours the wine and calms my troubled mindWends wisdom’s sound as from the mouth of PallasForevermore our hearts will be entwinedShining as a midnight borealisLike poetry and verses read out gentlyHe is, he is my dosed nepenthe!